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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:59 AM Original message |
Some of us agree with the Prez on certain issues and disagree on others |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here's what you're saying |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. you're setting up an either/or construct |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. And you are setting up a straw man |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. No, I'm writing about my own take on the guy |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. But your take puts a strong emphasis on this, as you repeat the underlying point more than once. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. that's exactly how many here seem to treat it |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. No, you are biased. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. we're all biased in one way or another |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. We may all be biased, but you seem preoccupied with people who support the President. n/t |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
59. as you seem preoccupied with his detractors. nt |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
56. Exactly, that's the way |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
66. But you don't get to decide for everyone what good policy is. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. apparently you didn't read the OP |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Well, ProSense, I don't think that's what he's saying here. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. No, it's exactly the point of the OP as this |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
54. that's a very reasonable synopsis |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Thus Spake the Disciple |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I do believe that you will be the only one that will advance the fanciful |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Not fanciful at all. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. "childish name-calling " Don't |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Why don't you just publicly call for me to be tomb-stoned or sent to the guillotines? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. You sure set up your victimhood quite well. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
64. did you see this GDP poll? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Deleted message |
dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. frankly there are many, many, gay posters who have been banned |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. These guys don't have a clue as to how many GLBT DU'ers have left. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. when you disappeared for a time I wondered if you had been banned |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. That's a mighty self-pity party you're having there. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. DU is conducting a reign of terror --- that is what you are saying correct? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. So this is really about a vendetta DU allegedly has against gay posters? |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I was not aware that the poster I am responding to is gay and cannot see |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Nor can I. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. you scoffed at the poster's claim that people were not willing to post here despite |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I scoffed at the writer's inflated narcissism as a self proclaimed guardian |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. It's becoming very "why bother" |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I missed that in the response to the OP - can you please show it to me?? |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. I wasn't talking about this thread |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I understand there's been a LOT of homophobia on the board, just |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. This is entirely different subject than the original OP |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. I was just chiming in |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. "Pussies". |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Now try really hard to follow the line of discussion here |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. "Pussies". Wow. You have such a sterling vocabulary. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. So you repeatedly try and retreat behind your sensitive ears let me |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. OK, Climb off the cross, we need the wood. |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
62. No, I think there are a lot of us :( nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. You think: "The Audacity of Hope? Audacity? Call It Mendacity" is constructive criticism? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
57. You say .. "Pro Sense hurts DU"! |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. Dont you think(believe) that certain wrongs are too large |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. Demanding full equality for LGBTs or ending the wars is not whining! |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. I strongly admire the President and I think that history will find him a remarkable |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. I have always wanted to say |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Please don't feed the grantcart. We'll NEVER get him to take his nap. |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. LOL! |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. In my bestest Elvis voice: |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. Excellent and welcomed comments. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. No one is idolizing |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. K&R. Excellent. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
37. All well and good, but we're in a barfight with the opposition |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
45. No one is perfect. Even the better among us. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
51. GREAT post. I agree 100% with almost everything you said |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
53. The tenor of this blog illustrates the original thesis. A very reasoned |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
55. So you wrote this post to defend the haters |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Let us know when Obama restores Constitutional rule, as his oath of office requires him do do. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
58. When conservatives are actively trying to destroy this President, we have no time for |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Rendition and warrantless searches are still ongoing. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
65. Yet hyperbole creeps into a generally reasonable post. "Idolize" |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. well for starters |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
68. Excellent post, ruggerson. |
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